GNOME PRESS. MINIONS OF THE MOON BY WILLIAM GRAY REYER (HARDBACK)

CONDITION GOOD

AUTHOR: WILLIAM GRAY REYER

CATEGORY SCIENCE FICTION

PUBLISHER  GNOME PRESS 1ST EDITION 1950, 5000 COPIES PRODUCED

GNOME PRESS

AN AMERICAN SMALL PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY KNOWN FOR PUBLISHING MANY SCIENCE FICTION CLASSICS.  GNOME WAS ONE OF THE MOST EMINENT OF THE FAN PUBLISHERS OF SCIENCE FICTION PRODUCING 86 TITLES IN ITS LIFESPAN.  GNOME HELPED TO TRANSITION SCIENCE FICTION FROM MAGAZINE PHENOMENON TO MASK MARKET PUBLISHING BUT PROVED TO BE TO UNDERFUNDED TO MAKE THE LEAP FROM FAN BASED PUBLISHING TO THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL.  AFTER 10 YEARS IT FADED DUE TO ITS INABILITY TO COMPETE WITH MAJOR PUBLISHERS.

SYNOPSIS 

ORIGINALLY SERIALISED  IN THE MAGAZINE "ARGOSY" IN 1939.  THIS IS A SPACE OPERA ABOUT A CONTEMPORARY MAN WHO AWAKENS IN THE FAR FUTURE.